Attachment for wheelbarrows.



A. LUSSKY. ATTACHMENT FOR WHEELBABROWS.

APPLIOATIOH FILED MAR. 21, 1910.

968,248. Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

W W i A I AUGUST LUSSKY, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

ATTACHMENT FOR WHEEL-BARROWS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

Application filed March 21, 1910. Serial No. 550,673.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST LUSSKY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAttachments for WVheelbarrows; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in attachments towheelbarrows and affording means whereby the wheel may conveniently passfrom one level to a higher or over an obstruction and comprises a simpleand efficient device adapted to be permanently attached to thewheelbarrow.

The invention comprises various details of construction and combinationsand arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described andthen specifically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a. perspective view showing the device adjusted for use.Fig. 2 is a side view showing the movable member upon which the wheeltravels held back in a position out of use. Fig. 3 is a transversesectional view on line 33 of Fig. 2, and Fig. e is a detail perspectiveshowing the rod and loops adapted to be supported by the axle of thewheel.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates the frame of a wheelbarrow of the usual construction havingan axle B upon which the wheel C is mounted, the ends of said axle beingjournaled in suitable bearings in the rails of the wheelbarrow.

D designates the cross-piece of the wheelbarrow which is notched at D,and E designates a hook which is mounted in the cross piece adjacent tothe marginal edge of said recess.

F, F designate wires which are bent to form elongated loops supportedupon the axle, one upon either side of the wheel, and G designates abolt which is supported in the contracted ends of said loops, as shown.

H designates a board which may be of any suitable size and is providedwith a recess I formed in one end and an elongated slot K formedtransversely through the board, said slot being adapted to receive saidbolt which has a play therein. A screw eye N is fastened tothe rearportion of said board and is adapted to engage said hook to hold theboard in the recess D when said board is not in use, the edges of therecess preventing a lateral swinging movement of the board when thusheld out of use. When the board is adjusted in the position shown inFig. 2 of the drawings, it will be noted that the wheel will turn in therecess I with out interference to the board. 7

The operation of my device will be readily understood and is as follows:The board being normally held to the wheelbarrow frame in the mannershown in Fig. 2 and, in the event of it being desired to utilize thesame for wheeling the device up a curb or over an obstruction, the eye Nis detached from the hook upon the frame, the wheel of the device raisedin any suitable manner, as by tilting the frame upon its legs, to allowthe board to be inserted and the wheel in the position shown in Fig. 1,after which the wheel barrow may be pushed forward, the wheel engagingthe slot in the end of the board and allowing the wheel to make apartial revolution, the bolt Gr moving in the slot K. After thewheelbarrow has passed upon the higher level, the board may be fastenedback to its normal position as shown in Fig. 2.

hat I claim to be new is 1. An attachment for wheelbarrows comprising,in combination with the wheelbarrow, a board pivotally connected theretoand forming an inclined bridge up which the wheel is adapted to travel.

2. In combination with the frame of a wheelbarrow having an axle and awheel thereon, elongated loops through which said axle passes, and aboard fastened to said loops and forming a bridge up which the wheel isadapted to travel.

3. In combination with the frame of a wheelbarrow having an axle and awheel thereon, elongated loops through which said axle passes, a boltconnecting corresponding ends of said loops, and a board having anelongated slot therein through which said bolt passes and is adapted tohave a play.

4. In combination with the frame of a Wheelbarrow having an axle andwheel thereon, elongated loops through which said axle passes, a boltconnecting corresponding ends of said loops, a board having an elongatedslot therein through which said bolt is adapted to have a play, one endof said board being slotted to receive the wheel.

5. In combination with the frame of a wheelbarrow having an axle and awheel thereon, elongated loops through which said axle passes, a boltconnecting corresponding ends of said loops, a board having an elongatedslot therein through which said bolt is adapted to have a play, one endof said board being slotted to receive the Wheel, an eye upon the rearportion of said board, a hook fastened to the Wheelbarrow and adapted toengage said eye.

6. In combination with the frame of a wheelbarrow having an axle and awheel thereon, elongated loops through Which said axle passes, a boltconnecting corresponding ends of said loops, a board having an elongatedslot therein through Which said bolt is adapted to have a play, one endof said board being slotted to receive the wheel, an eye upon the rearportion of said board, a hook fastened to the Wheelbarrow and adapted toengage said eye, a cross-piece of said wheelbarrow having a recessadapted to hold the rear end of the board from lateral movement.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiiX my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

AUGUST LUSSKY. Witnesses:

J. CLEM. RoBBnnT, VICTOR STEIN.

